US: President Trump to roll out plan to overhaul infrastructure
US President Donald Trump will roll out an infrastructure plan on Monday. The plan to use 200 billion Dollars in federal funds to try to stimulate 1.5 trillion dollars in…
Russian plane carrying 71 people crashes near Moscow
WEB DESK A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed in the outskirts of Moscow today after taking off from the capital’s Domodedovo airport. Russian media report said the Antonov…
Pak human rights activist Asma Jahangir passes away
AMN / LAHORE Pakistan’s renowned human rights activist and senior lawyer Asma Jahangir passed away in Lahore today. She was 66. She is survived by a son and two daughters.…
Rajapakse backed alliance takes lead in Sri Lanka local polls
AMN The alliance backed by former President Mahinda Rajapakse is heading for a landslide victory in local body elections held yesterday. The alliances backed by President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime…
North Korea’s Kim Jong invites S Korea’s Prez to Pyongyang
Pyeongchang (South Korea) / agencies IN A RARE GESTURE, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has invited South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in to Pyongyang. If it materlises, it would be the…
South Korean President holds talks with high-level delegation from N Korea
WEB DESK South Korean President Moon Jae-in held landmark talks with a high-level delegation from North Korea at the presidential palace in Seoul. The two sides held talks for about…
Trump signs budget agreement, ending US govt shutdown
WEB DESK US President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping bipartisan budget bill, ending a brief government shutdown and adding hundreds of billions of dollars in spending on domestic programs,…
US Senate approves budget deal including stopgap govt funding bill
WEB DESK The US Senate today approved a budget deal including a stopgap government funding bill. The Senate was passed the bill by a vote of 71-28 and sent it…
Indo–Pak Peace initiative in Odisha
Pak-India Forum to hold convention in Bhubaneswar, Focus on Kashmir Our Correspondent / Bhubneshwar (Odisha) In a bid to cool growing tension along the India-Pakistan border, far away in the…
SYRIA: 59 killed, 139 injured in govt air strikes on besieged rebel
WEB DESK At least 59 civilians, including 15 children are reported to have been killed and 139 injured in a new wave of Syrian government air strikes on a besieged…